Allan Milkerit, 1945-2007: 10 Books Given Away

September 28, 2008

Truman Capote, In Cold Blood (Random, 1965). No jacket. Book club. Recycled.

Clark Ashton Smith, Zothique (Ballantine, 1970). Fine. For Liz. list price: $20.

John Fowles, The Magus (Cape, 1966). Not tremendously common as a first, but the jacket was worn. For Liz. List: $75.

John Gawsworth, The Flesh of Cypris (Samuel, 1936). Racy drawings and bad poetry. For Liz. List: $150. (Never going to get that in a million years.)

Robert Stone, Children of Light (Knopf, 1986). Briefly inscribed. Faded spine. For Liz. List: $20.

Robert Graves, Poems 1965-1968 (Cassell, 1968). Fine. For Liz. List: $25.

John Fowles, The Collector (Little, Brown, 1963). VG in jacket, with name on flyleaf. For Liz. NVA.

Paul Auster, Oracle Night. posterboard. For Jeff. NVA.

Asian Women (Berkeley, 1971). For Phuong. Cheapest fine copy online: $10. Allan's price: $15.

Linnea Gibbs, James Hanley: A Bibliography (Hoffer, 1980). Cheapest fine copy online: $30. Allan's price: NFS. Given to Hanley devotee Jim O'Brien.

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What I'm Doing Here

Allan Milkerit was a good friend and a great bookman. After his unexpected death I ended up with hundreds of the books in his shop and apartment. One at a time, I am unearthing them and deciding which to keep and which to sell or give away. Often, I read the book first, or try to. In the process, I think about Allan and the changes the rare book world is undergoing. This blog's only regular reader is Joe Marchione, who shared a shop with Allan for several years. Joe's reflections are too good to leave as mere comments so I hoist them into their own posts.

Allan Milkerit, 1945-2007